Hoop.



H. B. CHAMBERLAIN.

HOOP. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1906.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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HENRY BURTON CHAMBERLAIN, OF WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT.

HOOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed September 1, 1906. Serial No. 332,915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. CHAMBER- LAIN, citizen of the United States, residing at VVethersfield, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hoops, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in hoops designed for use in connection with buckets, tubs or the like.

The main object of the invention is the production of a hoop for the use described, so constructed and arranged as to adapt it for positive engagement with the body of the tub or bucket and for convenient connection of its respective terminals.

The preferred form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and will be described in detail in the following specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a bucket provided with my improved hoop. Fig. 2 is a plan of the improved hoop centrally broken out to clearly show the hoop terminals. Fig. 3 is a broken vertical section showing the means for securing the hoop to the bucket. Fig. 4 is a vertical section illustrating the means for securing the hoop terminals together and to the bucket.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate like parts throughout the several views, my improved hoop comprises the usual elongated metallic strip 1 of any desired length and thickness, being provided adjacent one terminal with apertures or holes 2. Intermediate the ends the strip is constructed to adapt it for connection with the material of the bucket by forming therein cross cuts 3, and 4, said cuts extending wholly through the strip and the line of cuts centrally crossing each other in approximately X-form. In this construction of cut- I provide four triangular points or teeth 5, severed along their converging sides and connected with the strip. The points or teeth 5 are forced out to project from one face of the strip 1.

The terminal of the strip opposite the end formed with the apertures 2, is formed with cross cuts 6 and 7 arranged similar to the cuts 3 and 1 and with a cut 8 arranged transversely of the strip and intersecting the cuts 6 and 7 thus providing a plurality of points or teeth 9, severed from the strip except at their base edges. The points or teeth 9 are forced out to project from the face of the strip 1, opposite to that of the points or teeth 5.

By preference I provide the hoop with the cross cuts 3 and l in sufficient number and so arranged that said cuts are in alinement with, that is overlie each of the staves forming the bucket or tub, whereby the stri hoop is adapted for connection with eaci stave.

The points 9, are struck up and entered into the apertures 2 in the other end of the strip, after which they are bent or clenched radially on the strip surrounding the apertures 2. In securing the hoop in place the points 9 of one terminal are upset, and the hoop is arranged to encircle the body of the bucket at the appropriate point. The apertures 2 of one hook terminal are passed .over the upset points 9 of the opposing terminal, after which said points 9 are turned down onto the surface of the terminal having the apertures 2 and clenched in place, as will be apparent from Fig. 1 of the drawings. The hoop is thus secured about the body of the bucket, and securely fastened to said body through the use of a suitable die to depress the triangular points 5 formed by the cross cuts 3 and i, the operation of said die serving to force said points into the material of the stave. The cross cuts 3 and 4: may be in any desired number, and the cross cuts 6, 7 and 8, as well as the cross cuts 3 and 4: may be formed in the hoop before the same has been placed around the bucket, a die of suitable construction being used to form the cuts and force the points in the material of the bucket.

It is to be understood that I contemplate the use of my improved hoop with any article desired, though it is particularly adapted for barrels, tubs or the like, for the reason that the hoop is secured to each individual stave and the entire body held securely together through the cooperative locking engagement of the hoop and staves.

Having now described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In combination with a bucket, a hoop comprising a metallic strip with a plurality of circular openings atone end and a plurality of'asterisks struck from the other end of the strip to form a series of radiating V-shaped teeth, said hoop being also provided between its ends with a series of cruciform cross cuts to form V-shaped teeth, said hoop being securedto the periphery of the bucket by punching the cruciform V- shaped teeth into the same, and the V-shaped teeth of the asterisk cuts registering With said circular openings and adapted to be punched therethroueh and into the bucket,

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY BURTON CHAMBERLAIN. Witnesses:

JAMES H. BULKLEY, HENRY J. CLARKE. 

